Engelmann 19 Binding along with thermally modified mandolin

along with thermally modified mandolin tops

000 year-old redwood tree that was salvaged from a creek as part of a salmon restoration project in Northern California

The sonically graded soundboards that we sell at Pacific Rim Tonewoods represent about a quarter of the top wood that we cut

Great for budget builds

the boards are resawn into bookmatched sets and graded into one of three traditional grades:

Engelmann 19 Binding along with thermally modified mandolinWeve stocked the Vault with a limited selection of traditional Engelmann spruce tops, sourced locally in the North Cascades. Like all our spruce, we split these logs into guitar top blocks, focusing on maximizing quality while minimizing any twist that a log might have. The sawyer then cuts the blocks into quartered boards, locking in the radial stiffness. From here the boards are air dried, then finished over a period of 3 4 weeks in our